Where does “lumpia basah” come from?

lumpia basah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian basah, from Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.

lumpia basah (Indonesian): popiah

Definitions

  1. popiah

Ancestry of “lumpia basah”, step by step

lumpia basah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian basah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbasahwet
2Malaybasahwet
3Proto-Malayic*basahwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbasəqwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
5Proto-Austronesian*baseq—

via Indonesian lumpia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlumpialumpia
2Malaylumpia—
3Hokkien潤餅—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baseq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *basah →